1:27 AM,
Mar. 17, 2013

Loek Van Mil briefly crossed paths with his new teammates and coaches during an exhibition game Thursday in Peoria, Ariz.

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C. Trent Rosecrans
| The Cincinnati Enquirer

Loek Van Mil met his big-league pitching coach for the first time on Thursday. Most of the other Reds minor leaguers had at least seen Bryan Price or manager Dusty Baker as they walked through the Reds complex in Arizona over the last few weeks, but Van Mil has yet to report to his new team. Instead, the 28-year-old has been serving as the closer for the Kingdom of the Netherlands World Baseball Classic team.

Van Mil signed with the Reds as a minor league free agent this offseason, but since the team started camp before the Reds reported to Arizona for spring training, he hadn't met anyone with his new ...